Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Angela Tieben (1908-1991)

Day of marriage November 12, 1930

• The temperature on November 12, 1930 was between 2.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
  • March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
  • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
  • October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
  • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
  • December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.

Day of death August 15, 1991

• The temperature on August 15, 1991 was between 10.8 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
  • February 15 » The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
  • May 21 » Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
  • July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
  • July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
  • August 29 » Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
• 1992 » Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
• 1995 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)